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Historical Event on 8/7/1934
Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1995 | 87 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office. |
| 7/1/1906 | Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani. |
| 2/24/1880 | Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born. |
| 6/23/1935 | Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born. |
| 10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
| 12/14/1998 | The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha. |
| 5/5/1947 | Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable. |
| 5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
| 4/24/1998 | India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final. |
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